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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
That's just way too easy. A well regarded, high end coach still isn't polishing this turd into gold at this point. Maybe we're talking playoff team this year, but definitely not challenging for a title - which is where the Flames should be 7 years into Brad Treliving's "stay the course", "trust the process" genius master plan.
Treliving is an epic bust in my opinion. He's a guy who made some ballsy big splash moves early on, that appeared to be well guided and effective, but then negated much of it with poor FA signings and rock bottom goaltending and coaching evaluations that have really resulted in this team completely missing their window.
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I think you have unrealistic expectations for this franchise. I think they are expectations that fans should be hoping for but if you call Treliving an epic bust you have no clue. Chiarelli in Edmonton was a huge bust. Tim Murray was an epic bust. We could easily go the rebuild route and to quote another Flames GM “wander the dessert”
Anyone that has expectations that a team should go from the bottom to the top in 5 years is just not realistic.
Poor UFA signings? Calgary is a crap market for free agents. Many people really fail to understand this.
Rock bottom goaltending? That happened in one year but it has been average every other year.
Too many posters give Treliving crap for not finding an elite goalie until recently. Do people assume adding a stud goalie is easy or something?
How many 5 year rebuilds result in a team becoming a perennial contender?